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conduct of the United States in plundering a weak people. Withal, the people of the United States are sensible of the disgrace of setting aside contracts entered into between parties.. The people of the United States, now that their ears at the conduct of the government in violating its contracts & they shut their eyes and did not wish to hear us nor to see, now, what are their Treaties and they have put them under their feet. -- On the other hand, we are disposed to fulfil, in good faith, our treaty stipulations with the general government, and we have not shown ourselves tired thereof, by strikeout ceasing to observe the friendly stipulations of those treaties. Those treaties we hold fast by the hand. We are not disposed to let go our grasp. Our object is to raise subsistence for ourselves off of our lands, and to improve the circumstances of our children. Fresh in our minds is the recollection of the advice given us by the great George Washington: "My beloved Cherokees, listen, listen to my talk, you will see that my advice is good. You must abandon the pursuit of the chase. The game will soon become extinct. You must turn your attention to raising stock, -- such as cattle, hogs, and other domestic animals --